diff --git a/configure_libnidiumcore b/configure_libnidiumcore
index 2e2216b7..d7f4458b 100755
--- a/configure_libnidiumcore
+++ b/configure_libnidiumcore
@@ -120,8 +120,11 @@ def httpParser():
 @Deps.register("jsoncpp")
 def jsoncpp():
     return {
-        "location": Deps.GitRepo("https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp.git", tag="1.7.2"),
-        "build": ["python amalgamate.py"]
+        "location": Deps.GitRepo("https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp.git", tag="1.9.1"),
+        "build": [
+            "cmake .",
+           "python amalgamate.py"
+           ]
     }
 
 @CommandLine.option("--unit-tests")